Paul Semenza

Pete Hegseth * O @PeteHegseth Yes sir. The killing of innocent Christians in Nigeria — and anywhere — must end immediately. The Department of War is preparing for action. Either the Nigerian Government protects Christians, or we will kill the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.

Confirmation from TV entertainer and inexplicably Secretary of War/Defense/whatevs Pete Hegseth.

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

This is well done
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the one part of this awful video I found inspiring is the moment when the cam pans back and you see an array of upstanding Americans with their smartphones out filming these gutter thugs. that's really the symbol of the opposition. the smartphone and its embedded video cam.

Note: while not unprecedented, it’s actually pretty rare for a sitting Catholic bishop to participate in a demonstration. It’s just not generally what Catholic bishops do.

Thus: Getting the hierarchy involved in this protest outside an ICE facility is no small thing.

Carney Says He Apologized to Trump Over Ad Reviving Reagan’s Tariff Criticism

Out: Voice of America broadcasts the words of Ronald Reagan to puncture the propaganda of foreign authoritarians.

In: A neighboring democracy apologizes to America’s authoritarian president for puncturing his propaganda by broadcasting the words of Ronald Reagan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...

Last night, the National Guard chased children who were out enjoying Halloween in Navy Yard.

There is no valid reason for armed soldiers to terrorize children like this. End Trump’s occupation of DC. National Guard out NOW.

These seem to be the three legs to the Trump regime's political stool, if you consider Trump, Vought, and Miller as the three centers of power:

Corruption (Trump)
Extreme conservative ideology (Vought)
Fascism (Miller)

The assumption appears to be that ordinary voters will be cowed, obsequious, and unwilling to challenge autocracy, just like the billionaires, business leaders, media executives, and other leading institutions of civil society, which have decided that fighting back is “not worth the hassle.”

My office captured several stills from today’s
@dhsgov.govmirrors.com video supporting Gregory Bovino. The imagery is deeply troubling; it evokes another era when masked government agents rounded up so-called “undesirables" (I’m sure that’s just a coincidence).

A partial list of what Bovino does not have to tell a federal judge happened today:
*An agent pushed a City Council member in Albany Park
*Agents deployed pepper spray in Albany Park & Evanston
*Agents were involved in a car crash in Evanston
*An agent pointed a gun at a woman in Evanston

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.

Just like Kavanaugh said!

They didn't get the message with John Hagee advising Trump or Mike Huckabee as ambassador, but I guess there is a limit

Wait, is there an entire column based on this?

I can’t stress this enough. They want to do inside the US the kind of extrajudicial murders they’ve been doing internationally. This has always been about normalizing the ability of Trump to smite his personal enemies without suffering legal consequences. Trump’s testing for compliance & resistance.

Genuinely confused as to why any reporter is showing up for these sessions - what is the news value?

no one asked but: I think the most likely coa for military action against venezuela as ordered by this administration is...

... tlams, big explosions, nothing changes, victory declared.

I’ll never support Donald Trump or his administration’s aims and actions. But I know too that they’d rather have people like me just give up instead and become apathetic and cynical so they can do what they want without opposition.

I’m doing the reverse instead. (11/11)

Can't overstate how fucked up it is that unraveling what is arguably the greatest achievement in the history of humanity is now a motivating issue of one of the two dominant parties in the U.S.

A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme. He spent a month in jail. The 61-year-old Tennessee man plans to sue after authorities dropped charges over a political Facebook post. Free-speech advocates say it’s a symptom of a wider crackdown.

A retired police officer in Tennessee was arrested and put in jail after sharing a Facebook post about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

After more than five weeks since the incident, he’s planning to sue, his attorney told The Post.

Like this?
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Look, Vance might be a gutter racist who knowingly spreads vile conspiracy theories but I bet Jeremy Peters and the NYT are fine with it all because he’s not pronouncing “Haiti” as naturally as that scary brown Islamist terrorist Mamdani

ABANDONED THE TODDLER IN THE BACKSEAT

Arrest these motherfuckers for child endangerment

The paradox of China

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"The White House East Wing still exists and has not been demolished by any administration. If such a significant event had actually taken place, it would be major international news and would represent an unprecedented action in American history."

Bhattacharya loves mechaHitler-pedia.

Because he is a political operative, not a scientist or doctor.

Now tell us how much they bought last year

This was a wonderful set of questions.

Then, when China attacks Taiwan: it doesn't affect Russia. It doesn't affect us...